Di­rec­tor’s cuts

Ev­ery time you see a pair of black gloves ap­pear in a Dario Ar­gento movie, doubtlessly wield­ing a weapon of some kind, then take heed: the hands in ques­tion be­long to the di­rec­tor him­self. And Sus­piria is no dif­fer­ent – that really is Ar­gento plung­ing a knife into youth­ful fe­male flesh through­out the film! “Yes, okay, so why do I do this?” ques­tions the di­rec­tor. “Well, it is be­cause I am still the best killer in history [laughs]. I have had a lot of crit­i­cism for this but, hon­estly, that is the real rea­son it is my hands. I don’t think any­one else can do a mur­der scene as well as me!”